Akin Osuntokun replaces Doyin Okupe as new Labour Party campaign DG
Political advisor to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Akin Osuntokun, has been named the new director-general of the Labour Party’s Obi/Baba-Ahmed Presidential Campaign Council.
Mr Osuntokun’s appointment comes after the resignation of Doyin Okupe, recently convicted of laundering federal funds during former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.
Before his appointment, Mr Osuntokun had served as the South-West zonal coordinator of the campaign.
He’s a former managing director of the state-run News Agency of Nigeria, and also served as director in the 2011 presidential campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.
More from Peoples Gazette
States
APC guber candidate suspends campaign as Calabar Carnival records 29 casualties
Bassey Otu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Cross River, has suspended all his political activities.
Hot news Home top
Lagos lawyer murdered by police pregnant with twins: Mother
“I cannot see (my daughter) ‘the Law’ again. She was taken away from me. She was pregnant with twins,” the mother said.
Hot news Home top
Almost one year after deportation, Djokovic returns to Australia
Djokovic is back in Australia almost a year after he was held for days before being deported due to his refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Heading 3
PVC: Group alleges plot to rig 2023 elections in Katsina, other North-West states
Forum for the Advancement of Democracy and Good Governance has expressed serious concern over the alleged illegal collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in Katsina towns and villages.
Heading 1
Only 3,324 convicted out of 18,940 people NDLEA arrested: Marwa
NDLEA says it nabbed 18,940 people for drug-related offences in the last two years but could only successfully prosecute 3,324.
Heading 2
Another Russian tycoon Pavel Antov falls to death from hotel window
The millionaire’s death is the latest in a series of unexplained deaths involving Russian tycoons since the start of the Russian invasion, many of whom have openly criticised the war.
